Content and Copywriter

Hirehoot; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A creative support organization in London is seeking a talented writer to join their team. The role involves producing engaging written content across various platforms, conducting thorough research, and ensuring high standards of proofreading and editing. Ideal candidates will possess excellent communication skills and a passion for making a difference in people's lives. This position offers various professional development opportunities and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

2 days paid volunteering leave

Life Assurance

Access to learning and development opportunities

Health and Wellbeing initiatives

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in writing across various formats including web, social, and marketing.
• Excellent proofreading and editing skills.
• Strong analytical skills for conducting research.

Responsibilities

• Produce written content for various platforms and audiences.
• Conduct research to inform writing.
• Proofread and edit content for quality and consistency.
• Generate creative concepts across digital and print.

Skills

Writing and editing

Research

SEO knowledge

Communication

Project management

Creativity

Job description

We're looking for a talented writer to join our creative team! You'll join us in our mission to help as many people as possible to reach their full potential, supporting our initiatives which range from helping people find meaningful work, and providing opportunities for learning and skills development. Working across the marketing and communications team, you’ll champion the work of Shaw Trust, writing, editing, co‑ordinating compelling copy that engages, informs and inspires action. You’re a creative professional with excellent writing and research skills underpinned by a deep understanding of what different audiences want and need.

A generalist with a broad range of writing skills, you can flex your style to the job at hand, whether it’s drafting a powerful call to action, punchy strapline, or thought‑provoking op‑ed. And your appreciation of SEO means you can write impactful content for a wide range of marketing and communications products, helping drive our commercial success as well as increasing our profile to ensure even more people benefit from our support. At Shaw Trust, we're passionate about people and work hard to create an environment where everyone can flourish, and no‑one is left behind. Nurturing talent is what we do, and that includes our colleagues - we provide plenty of opportunities for professional development.

What you'll be doing:

• Writing: spanning Shaw Trust’s written output, whether web, social, campaign and marketing, internal, public relations, news, video, (or anything else as needed)
• Research: informing written work with relevant, up-to-date research, and market and audience insight
• Proofreading and editing: overseeing the quality and consistency of our written work
• Creative: generating original concepts and content work across digital, film and print platforms
• Tone of voice: ensuring that content meets our high standards for quality and accessibility, in line with our values, brand guidelines, and security requirements
• Monitoring: maintaining consistency across communications platforms
• Training and development: Helping colleagues develop their writing skills, upskilling the wider marcomms team
• Project management: working with operational teams and internal to deliver high quality written content according to deadlines
• SEO/UX copywriting: working alongside the digital team undertake keyword research to ensure audiences can easily find the information they need online

If you're someone who is:

• Passionate about making a big difference to people's lives
• A talented writer with excellent proofreading and editing skills
• An excellent communicator who can make complex issues both interesting and easy to understand
• An excellent researcher with strong analytical skills
• Proactive and organised, able to work independently as well as part of a team
• Great at building relationships and networking
• Excited about the prospect of working across a wide range of projects...then we'd love to see your portfolio!

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women’s Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
• Opportunity to request flexible working from day one